Warren McArthur Side Chairs

A beautifully patinated leather and aluminum armchair designed by Warren McArthur, 1930's.

Warren McArthur chair, Warren McArthur Corporation, aluminum, leather, copper, rubber, USA, 1930s. Measures: 33½ H × 17 W × 21 D in Provenance: Collection of Stuart Parr Private Collection Warren McArthur Jr. was an innovator in Machine Age/ Art Deco furniture design. McArthur moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1929 to pursue metal furniture manufacturing; . he founded the Warren McArthur Corporation there in 1930. His furniture designs while unique were true to the Machine Age aesthetic. Machine Age design emphasized sleek forms inspired by automobiles, locomotives and airplanes. These objects were symbols of progress and modernity to the American consumer and industrial designers began constructing furniture in streamlined designs from steel, chrome and aluminum. Prior to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, known as the “Century of Progress Exhibition.” The fair’s tagline, “See America Streamlined,” and the abundance of metal furniture and home goods exhibited finally presented the concept of utilizing metal designs in the typical American household. The Museum of Modern Art followed suit in subsequent years with exhibitions like "Machine Art," (1934), and "Bauhaus 1919-1928" (1938), further exposing the American public to this design style. The Warren McArthur Corporation moved manufacturing to Rome, New York in 1933, just as metal furniture was gaining popularity; the company’s products were sold out of a showroom in New York City on Park Avenue. As a manufacturer, McArthur filed numerous patent designs which he utilized in advertisements to exhibit the innovations he developed. The company also proudly printed patent numbers on furniture...

Warren McArthur Machine Age anodized aluminum and black leather desk chair. Featuring braced aluminum framework with Art Deco detailing. Newly upholstered in black leather, with cus...

A Warren McArthur set of 4 early folding chairs. These chairs predate the self standing folding chairs that he produced tens of thousands of over a thirty year period. The flattened...

Set of four, mid century, machine age, folding, theater side chairs by Warren McArthur with brushed aluminum frames and lipstick red vinyl upholstery.

A pair of Warren McArthur side chairs in their original sharkskin textured vinyl upholstery. Replaced rubber feet. Excellent vintage condition.

Pair of Art Deco Aluminum Chairs by Warren McArthur, American, circa 1930's. They retain their original green vinyl upholstery. Signed underne...

Warren McCarthur, Pair of Chairs. This pair can be used as occasional or dimming or desk chairs. Extremely rare. These pieces preceded McCarthur,s patens in 1934 and are possi...

Warren McArthur leather side chair with original hockey puck feet. The back is held in place by velcro on the top and bottom portion. Chair has been reupholstered over the years.

A suite of 6 Warren McArthur Corporation aircraft seats manufactured in 1940 for Glenn L. Martin's PBM-3 "Mariner" of which 1275 were made during WW II....